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Luis Yepes has been painting since his teens. Over three decades, he has held more than a dozen exhibitions in various venues. He works in oil, acrylic, and watercolor, and in shows ranging from ‘Festive Airs’ to ‘I Was Just Passing By’, he has depicted seascapes and flamenco scenes, still lifes, interiors, and figures in motion.
Luis García Yepes was born in Almería on June 9, 1973. A professional journalist, he has worked for various media outlets, mainly print publications.
A society and culture columnist specializing in flamenco, he has written dozens of articles and is also in demand as a host of events and presenter of recitals, gatherings, and album launches. In this field, he is the author of the memoir ‘Sorroche, Almería’s Flamenco Dawn’, about the distinguished Almería-born cantaor José Sorroche Gazquez.
In the fields of Social Education and Sociocultural Animation, he promoted the Marejada Association, coordinated the Abierto Hasta el Amanecer program, handled communications for ‘Almería Against Drugs’, worked as an educator at the El Molino Center, and coordinated La Biznaga in Málaga.
In creative writing, he has made two tentative forays with the stories ‘At the End of Him’ and ‘The Inherited Knife’.
Artistic-Pictorial Résumé
‘Festive Airs’. Casa de la Juventud Hall. August 1998
2nd Prize in the Almería Fair Poster Competition. August 1998
Selected for the Pedro Gilabert competition exhibition
Autumn 1998 and Autumn 2002
‘Of Impasto and Washes’, headquarters of Los Romeros de la
Virgen del Mar. January 2001
‘Fifteen Perspectives’ La Bohéme. Melilla. May 2001
‘Of Stages and Characters’ Alcázares Hall, Seville. June 2001
‘Second Fair’ Arab Cisterns. Almería. August 2001
‘Flamenco Themes’. Peña El Palangre in Roquetas
Spring 2002
Exhibition at Velazquez 13 Gallery in Roquetas.
October 2003
‘Revolver’ Exhibition Hall of the Tourism Board.
June 2006
‘I Was Just Passing By’ Café del Cerro. Almería
December 2011
‘To the Sea’ San José Library. Níjar
September 2012
‘Land Without Shadow’ San José Library. Níjar. August 2014
‘Mini-Paintings’. Argar Gallery. Almería
‘Almería, Chance Encounters and Circumlocutions’—CIP, Jairán Hall.
December 2016 – January 2017